Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1
लोमश उवाच । तथैव विष्णुना सर्वे पर्वताश्च प्रपूजिताः । सह्याचलश्च विंध्यश्च मैनाको गंधमादनः
lomaśa uvāca | tathaiva viṣṇunā sarve parvatāśca prapūjitāḥ | sahyācalaśca viṃdhyaśca maināko gaṃdhamādanaḥ
ലോമശൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അതുപോലെ വിഷ്ണു എല്ലാ പർവതങ്ങളെയും വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിച്ചു—സഹ്യാചലം, വിന്ധ്യം, മൈനാകം, ഗന്ധമാദനം।
Lomaśa
Scene: Lomaśa narrates as Viṣṇu, in a cosmic-pilgrim aspect, offers worship to a procession of mountains—Sahyādri, Vindhya, Maināka, Gandhamādana—each rising like a deity with forests, rivers, and clouds as ornaments.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision treats sacred geography as worthy of reverence; honoring mountains reflects honoring the divine order present in nature.
The broader Kedāra sacred landscape, framed through its surrounding and mythic mountain-world.
No specific vrata is stated; the act described is pūjā/ सम्मान (honoring) offered by Viṣṇu.